○  1988 democratic national convention keynote address  ○

make it better for ourselves and our children and our parents.  we aren’t vocal any more. i think maybe we’re too tired. i believe that people like us are forgotten in america.”

well, of course you believe you’re forgotten, because you have been.

this republican administration treats us as if we were pieces of a puzzle that can’t fit together. they've tried to put us into compartments and separate us from each other.  their political theory is “divide and conquer.” they’ve suggested time and time again that what is of interest to one group of americans is not of interest to any one else.  we’ve been isolated.  we’ve been lumped into that sad phraseology called “special interests.”  they’ve told farmers that they were selfish, that they would drive up food prices if they asked the government to intervene on behalf of the family farm, and we watched farms go on the auction block while we bought food from foreign countries.  well, that’s wrong!

they told working mothers it’s all their fault -- their families are falling apart because they had to go to work to keep their kids in jeans and tennis shoes and college.  and they’re wrong!!

they told american labor they were trying to ruin free enterprise by asking for 60 days’ notice of plant closings, and that’s wrong.  and they told the auto industry and the steel industry and the timber industry and the oil industry, companies being threatened by foreign products flooding this country, that you’re protectionist if you think the government should enforce our trade laws.  and that is wrong.

when they belittle us for demanding clean air and clean water for trying to save the oceans and the ozone layer, that’s wrong.

no wonder we feel isolated and confused.  we want answers and their answer is that "something is wrong with you."  well nothing's wrong wi

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